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| US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: |
Livestream of US Senate Hearing on Foreign Influence Operations' Use of Social Media Platforms — Witnesses Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer Facebook Biography Opening Statement Jack Dorsey Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Twitter Biography Opening Statement
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In opening statements for congressional testimonies, Sandberg says Facebook was slow to spot election interference, Dorsey emphasizes trust and transparency — WASHINGTON — For months, Facebook, Twitter and Google have grappled with criticism over the misuse of their services by foreign operatives …
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| Andrew Perrin / Pew Research Center: |
Survey of US adults: 42% took a break from Facebook for several weeks or more, 26% deleted app from their phone, 54% adjusted privacy settings in past 12 months — Significant shares of Facebook users have taken steps in the past year to reframe their relationship with the social media platform.
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| Randall Lane / Forbes: |
Interview with Jeff Bezos on Amazon's strategy for growth, its advertising business, intentions in healthcare, and working “two or three years into the future” — I edit Forbes Magazine, and post on business, philanthropy—and food!
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Snap launches new styles of Spectacles 2 with polarized lenses that look more like traditional sunglasses, available today for $199 — And they've got polarized lenses — If the main hangup that's kept you from purchasing Snap's Spectacles has been their design, two new models that the company …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vimeo is pivoting away from being a video viewing destination, instead focusing on selling software tools to its community of millions of social creators — Vimeo, the 14-year-old video service that started as a platform for indie filmmakers, is changing its business to focus on selling software tools …
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| John Carreyrou / Wall Street Journal: |
Theranos says it will formally dissolve, in an email to shareholders, and says it will seek to pay unsecured creditors its remaining cash in coming months — Firm, tarred by scandal, will pay creditors its remaining cash — Theranos Inc., the blood-testing company accused …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: Instagram is building a standalone app for shopping which may be called IG Shopping — Facebook is planning a major new move into e-commerce, sources tell The Verge — Instagram is working on a new standalone app dedicated to shopping, The Verge has learned.
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| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
Facebook is suing BlackBerry for alleged patent infringement of voice messaging technology and other patented processes — Facebook Inc. is suing BlackBerry Ltd. for patent infringement, escalating the legal battle between the two companies over protected technology.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Microsoft is making available publicly its redesigned Outlook app, which was first unveiled last fall, on the web and for Windows users in the Targeted program — Microsoft first unveiled a redesign of its Outlook email app last fall, and now that visual overhaul for the software is available publicly starting today.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome 69 arrives with revamped design, more powerful omnibox that shows Google-sourced answers without having to open a new tab, and improved password manager — Google today launched Chrome 69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Android, and iOS, just a few days after the browser's 10-year anniversary.
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| Diptendu Lahiri / Reuters: |
Report: Goldman Sachs is ditching plans to open a cryptocurrency trading desk for the foreseeable future as the regulatory framework remains unclear — (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) is ditching plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies in the foreseeable future … | Andy / TorrentFreak: |
A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension was found to steal user passwords and private keys to cryptocurrency wallets — A rogue version of file-hosting platform MEGA's Chrome extension has triggered a major security alert from the company.
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| Todd VanderArk / Skype Blogs: |
Microsoft launches call recording feature for Skype on most platforms except Windows 10, which will get the feature in the coming weeks — When we added video to Skype calls over ten years ago, the ability to share important moments with loved ones took a big step forward.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Samsung says it will let third-party developers build apps for its Bixby assistant later this year — - Samsung will launch a software developers kit (SDK) and an application programming interface (API) for Bixby. — Samsung will allow third-party developers to build apps for Bixby …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
CBS announces it will stream Super Bowl LIII on its sports website, its app for connected TV devices, and mobile apps without requiring a sign-in — CBS is determined to make the most of the NFL's loosened streaming rules. The broadcaster has revealed its streaming plans for Super Bowl LIII … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent brings uTorrent Web, its web-based client that can play audio and video files before they are downloaded, out of beta — BitTorrent today launched a new BitTorrent client: uTorrent Web. Not to be confused with uTorrent (stylized as µTorrent), and despite what its name might suggest …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
Researchers from Oracle-backed watchdog posed as Russian trolls, using name and other info of Russia's IRA, and were easily able to run political ads on Google — In the summer of 2018, after months of public and legislator outcry over election interference, you might think it would be difficult …
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| Maciej Ceglowski / Washington Post: |
Democratic campaigns are still struggling with basic email security after two years of constant news reports about the dangers of political hacking — Someone — the government or Silicon Valley — needs to step in to help. — Maciej Ceglowski is a security trainer and the founder of Tech Solidarity, a San Francisco nonprofit.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
FCC's Pai says transparency law may be needed for Twitter, Facebook, Google, citing privacy issues, even though he supported ending ISP privacy rules in 2017 — The leader of the Federal Communications Commission says that major web companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google … Sponsor Posts
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